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Should We Trust Him? The Mixed Results of Obama’s Past Immigrant Relief Measures

Past executive actions for undocumented immigrants under the president's administration haven't always delivered.

Yana Kunichoff

Viewpoint

Football: Nothing Left to Cheer For

How can fans respond to the rash of brutality on and off the field?

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Journalists Aren’t Covering Local Elections. Our Democracy Is Suffering Because of It.

What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans now know the answer: elections with lots of paid ads but little journalism, context or objective facts.

David Sirota

Feature

Elizabeth Warren Needs to Run for President—Even If She Doesn’t Want To

She's the only one who can save the Democrats from themselves.

Ian Reifowitz

Culture

The Reporter Who Paid a High Price for ‘Contra Crack’

A new film, Kill the Messenger, shows how the CIA, the Washington Post and the LA Times conspired to discredit a journalist, and destroyed a life.

Jim Naureckas

Listen: California Attorney General “Shocked” By Her Own Department’s Arguments Against Parole

George Lavender

Labor

The United Arab Emirates Guestworker System Is Inhumane. So Is Ours.

Rachel Luban

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Loan Servicer Busted for Backdating, But Foreclosure Victims Say Shenanigans Haven’t Stopped

Ocwen Financial feels your pain.

Joel Sucher

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Fracking the Poor

A 5-month investigation reveals that fracking operations in California are disproportionately concentrated in poor communities of color—and may be causing alarming health effects.

Hannah Guzik

Labor

Mass. Teachers Defeat Corporate Ed Reform Bill Through Rank-and-File Power

Dan Clawson

Labor

At Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant, Workers Finally Win a Different Kind of Union

Will Craft

Labor

Postal Workers Push Back Against Privatization and Post Office Closures

Bruce Vail

Labor

Chicago’s Black Unemployment Rate Near Quadruple That of Whites

Adeshina Emmanuel, The Chicago Reporter

Comics

KKK: The Uber of Hate Groups

Matt Bors

Labor

If Labor’s Strategy Is as Good as Its Leaders Say, Why Are Unions in Crisis?

David Moberg

Feature

A Tale of Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

In the new Detroit, a small number of wealthy residents are protected by private security and constant surveillance while the city's black majority struggles to maintain access to water.

Laura Gottesdiener

Viewpoint

Ferguson’s ISIS Allies?

Despite what right-wing media may tell you, ISIS has little in common with black Muslims--or black Americans.

Salim Muwakkil

Labor

Charges for Coal CEO: 6 Years for Worker Deaths, Up to 25 for Deceiving Investors

Eric Fink